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The rooms inside private homes,
historical museums, and public
buildings make excellent subjects
because they give artists the chance to
create interesting relationships between ad-
joining rooms, reflective windows and mirrors, contrasting
natural and artificial light, and organized furnishings. The
cool light from a table lamp in a living room can be shown
close to the warm sunlight of a nearby kitchen. A heavyVictorian sofa can be balanced by a delicate spindle-backed
chair. And a six-foot hall mirror can reflect the images of
people sitting in an adjacent room. All of these possibilities
can be explored in paintings derived from photographs,
drawings, or on-site studies of interiors.
Ronald Lewis became interested in painting interiors
when he began to grow bored with the oil landscapes hehad been producing for a number of years. I was getting
burned out, he explains. And even though I loved the
smell of oils, I felt I could really take advantage of the fact
that acrylics dry so much faster. I decided to focus on acrylic
paintings of interiors, a subject I had explored on occasionbut never really focused on. I quickly discovered a whole
range of possibilities with the subject and the medium.
Lewis is one of many artists who have added acrylics
to their repertoire of painting mediums. While oil paints
and varnishes have qualities that cant be matched by other
paints, they dry slowly and require the use of mineral
spirits, turpentine, or other potentially hazardous solvents
and mediums. Acrylic paints are mixed with water and can
be altered with water-based acrylic mediums and additives
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to increase their thickness, extend their drying time, and
modify their finish. Furthermore, acrylics dry quickly and
permanently, making it possible to paint additional layers ofcolor over them within a matter of minutes.
Lewis came up with the idea of painting interiors while
visiting the homes of friends in Birmingham, Alabama,
where he lives. He asked to take photographs and make
sketches of the rooms and later used that material in his
paintings. Once he decided to create more such works, theartist made a trip to the historical town of Eufaula, Ala-
bama, which, because of its position on the Chattahoochee
River, once prospered from the riverboats that passed on
the way to the Gulf of Mexico. Wealthy families built large,
ornately appointed homes there that Lewis now finds to
be excellent subject matter. The paintings shown in this
article depict rooms in one of the artists favorite homes in
Eufaula, the Sims house.
Even though he begins his paintings by referring to
photographs and sketches of actual rooms, Lewis changes
things so radically that the paintings seldom end up
looking like the actual locations. One of the advantages
of acrylics is that as long as I keep the paint relatively thin
during the initial stages, I can make whatever changes
I want, the artist explains. I can add and subtract
furniture, re-create the framed pictures on the walls,
and change the colors and patterns in the room with noproblems. I once turned a canvas on its side and converted
a horizontal picture into a vertical one.
Guest Room,Sims House
1996, acylic, 14 x 10.Piva collcio.
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Sometimes Lewis paints on watercolor paper, wa-
tercolor board, or Masonite, but about half his acrylic
paintings are done on Fredrix acrylic-primed canvas. Theacrylic paints are versatile enough to also be applied to
wood, paper, or certain plastic panels.
Beginning with thin applications of paint and later
switching to thicker, more opaque brushstrokes, Lewis takes
advantage of the fact that most manufacturers of acrylic
paints sell both a fluid and a thick formulation. The fluidcolors are usually sold in jars or squeeze bottles, making it
convenient to work with thin paint. The thicker formula-
tions are usually available in standard paint tubes or in
jars. Lewis palette normally includes the following colors:
titanium white, burnt umber, burnt sienna, yellow oxide,
raw sienna, cadmium orange, cadmium yellow, Hookers
green, dioxazine purple, Grumbachers alizarin crimson,
cadmium red, and Mars black.
During some phases of a paintings development, the
Guest Room, SimsHouse (SecondImpression)
1996, acylic, 14 x 10.
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artist may add Goldens acrylic retarder to thin the paints
and slow the drying process. This step is particularly impor-
tant when he is trying to establish a subtle blend of colors or
a soft transition between adjacent tones and needs to keep
the paint from drying too quickly. But once a painting has
been completed, he applies a coat of acrylic gloss medium,
which brings out some of the underlying colors and gives
the picture the glossy surface of an oil painting.
The artist sells most of his paintings through com-
mercial galleries, but he also exhibits in a few national andregional outdoor festivals. Most of my sales occur in the
spring and fall, so I try to get my work out as much as pos-
sible during those times of the year, he explains. The best
outdoor shows are usually the ones that are juried, and its a
good idea to exhibit in the same show for several years in a
row so collectors can become familiar with your work.
Lewis graduated from Alabama College (now theUniversity of Montevallo) in 1967. He has received nearly
100 awards for his oil, watercolor, and acrylic paintings in
juried shows organized by the American Watercolor Society,
Watercolor U.S.A., the Southern Watercolor Society, Arts
for the Parks, and other national organizations. He has il-lustrated two books, My Country Roads and Papas Old Trunk
(both Buck Publishing Company, Birmingham, Alabama).
Lewis paintings have been featured in Southern Accents and
are in many private and corporate collections as well as in
those of the Birmingham Museum of Art and the Fine Arts
Museum of the South in Mobile, both in Alabama, and the
Columbus Museum, in Georgia. n
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After making a roughgraphite drawing onacrylic-primed canvas,Lewis applied a thinunderpainting of burntsienna and burnt umber.
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He then blocked in thewalls with cadmiumorange, yellow oxide,and titanium white.
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The fireplace andhanging pictures werethen painted withHookers green andyellow oxide. He tonedthe picture down withdioxazine purple andtitanium white.
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Next, Lewis paintedthe chair. He addedsome Goldens acrylicretarder to increasethe drying time ofthe paint so he couldblend details beforethe paint dried.
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This detail shows how Lewis used a whitecharcoal pencil to draw the table and books morecarefully before painting them.
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Finally, he blocked in the bed and rug using blue,red, purple, and burnt umber with titanium white.
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